Paste-applying device.



G. D. WATKINS. PASTE APPLYING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED run, 1914.

HE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

GUWHTIUNS CHARLES D. WATKINS, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

PASTE-APPLYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed. February 16, 1914. Serial No. 819,047.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES D. WATKINS acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Paste- Applying Devices, of which the following is aspecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forapplying paste or the like to a surface.

The object of the present invention resides in the provision of a deviceadapted to contain blacking paste and provided wlth means at its mouthwhereby the paste may be readily and properly applied to the surface ofa shoe without soiling the hands of the operator and without exposing ofany paste other than that which is actually applied.

A further object resides in the provision of a such a device forapplying paste which is of such simple design and so constructed that itmay be used as the normal container or receptacle in which the paste issold, sald device from its simplicity being capable of very economicalmanufacture.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionresides more particularly in the novel combination, formation, andarrangements of parts more fully hereinafter described and particularlypointed out in the claims herewith appended.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings wherein similar charactersof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,and in which Figure 1 is a face view of my device looking at one sidethereof, Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the opposite side, Fig. 3is a fragmentary longitudinal section, Fig. 4: is a transverse sectionon the line 44 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is an end view.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings wherein isillustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the body portionof the device which is adapted to contain the paste comprises a tubularmember 5 formed of flexible material. To effectually close one end ofthis tubular portion, it is crimped as at 6, and provided with a bindingwire 7.

The mouth of the tubular member 5 is normally held in. a flattened andpartially closed position, and to accomplish this, portions of thetubular member are bent inwardly as at 8, and the other portions of saidmouth rest at their edges on said inwardly bent portions. To facilitateapplying the paste to a shoe, a pair of rubber plates 9 are provided anddisposed on the faces of the flattened mouth portion and have theirforward ends extending therepast. These rubber plates are secured on thebody portion by plates 10, said plates l0v also bracing the rubberplates up to the point at which they pass the mouth of the body portion.To normally hold the mouth portion of the device in closed position, abinding wire 11 is secured around the body portion and around the plates10.

The device is given a neat appearance by the provision of a flexiblecovering 12 which extends from the rear end of the body portion to themouth thereof.

In operation, when the body portion is normally filled with paste, thebody portion is squeezed to eject a small amount of paste from the mouthof said body portion and as the mouth is rubbed on the shoe, this paste,especially through the medium of the extended ends of the rubber plates9, is properly spread over the shoe. It is observed that only as muchpaste as is needed is pressed through the mouth and therefore there isno drying of the paste, as none is exposed except that which is used. Itis seen that the binding wire 11 normally holds the mouth in a closedposition. Passage of paste through the mouth is efl'ected to some extentby a compression of the rubber plates.

From the foregoing it is seen that there has been provided anexceedingly simple construction which may be used to contain blacking orother paste and which when the paste has been exhausted therefrom may bethrown away, as the device may be manufactured at a practically nominalcost due to its extreme simplicity, it being understood that if desiredthe cover 12 may be done away with or may be restricted to covering theend portions of the body portion. This modification of the covering isobvious and apparent to anyone and therefore it is not illustrated inthe drawings.

It is understood that various minor changes and modifications within thescope of the appended claims may be resorted to Without departing in anymanner from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising thecombination With a flexible body portion closed at one end, of a pair offlexible plates secured to the other end portion of the body andextending forwardly thereof, brace plates for said flexible platessecured to the-upper faces of said flexible plates and to the bodyportion and terminating flush With the adjacent end portion of the body,and means normally holding said portion in a closed position.

2. A device of the class described com- Oopies of this patent maybeobtained for five cents each, by addressing the prising a flexible bodyportion closed at one end, the other end of the body portion beingflattened, resilient plates secured on each side of said flattened endand extending out- Wardly thereof, brace plates disposed on the outerfaces of the resilient plates and terminating flush with the end of thebody, and a binding member disposed around said end of the body andaround the brace plates.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

CHARLES D. WATKINS. lVitnesses J. E. MILLER, J. E. PIRKLE, Jr.

Commissioner of Patents,

-Wash-ington, D. C.

